The Argentine government has responded to last week’s run on the peso with new rules allowing limited dollar purchases only to individuals with monthly salaries of 7,200 pesos (US$900) a month. The share of individuals in the population with this income is barely 20 percent, while well over half of the country’s families have a combined income of less than...

Showing how truly reliant most Americans are on outside sources, a new propane shortage in Ohio has caused a State of Emergency
88 counties throughout the state are experiencing an energy emergency after last weeks arctic front burned up much need fuel sources.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich declared a State of Emergency Monday, after propane stocks across the state...

Department of Health and Human Services rep. says “no hidden agenda” behind 14 million dose buy
An official with the Department of Health and Human Services hung up when asked if the federal government’s purchase of 14 million doses of potassium iodide was linked to the Fukushima crisis.
The DHHS put out a solicitation asking for companies to supply...

The finding shows that a highly sophisticated arithmetic had been established for both theoretical and commercial purposes in ancient China.
The bamboo strips, which date back to the Warring States period (475-221 BC) before the unification of China, were donated to Tsinghua University in Beijing five years ago. However, it was not known at the time what was...

As if the federal government’s interference in American schools via the nightmare that is Common Core isn’t enough, now they want to make sure that discipline does not have a “disparate impact” on particular groups of students.
The Washington Times reports:
The Education Department and the Justice Department on Wednesday issued new...

On Friday January 3, the Obama administration announced two new “executive actions” which infringe even further on the rights of Americans who wish to own firearms. The new actions are “aimed at strengthening federal background checks for gun purchasers, with a particular focus on limiting firearm access for those with mental health issues”